Birthday Cake of the Month

We subscribe to Food Network Magazine, and after we’re done reading an issue, I go through and cut out the recipes I want to try, insert them into a plastic page protector and binder, and voila, we have continually updated cookbooks. This month, the magazine included a birthday-cake-of-the-month feature, with a different unique cake suggested for each month of the year.

Here’s the full slideshow, and here are the recipes I pulled out to try someday:

I meant to comment on your post and let you know how I do it, but in my rush out here to SF I forgot! I really only do this with Food Network (occasionally a recipe from another magazine) so my pile is probably not as tall as yours. Two or three times a year I’ll sit down in front of the TV and just have at it. It takes maybe an hour or two, but considering I probably wouldn’t be doing anything else during that time anyway it’s not so bad.

Go eat at Flour+Water while you are in San fran…expect to wait but it’s totally worth it! Incredible pasta. Are you going to wine country at all…if so let me know I have many thoughts on that. Also don’t pay to go up in Coit Tower, it’s not worth it. Do go to the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market if you can. House of Nan King in Chinatown is really good. The Japanese Gardens in Golden Gate park are gorgeous….Ah I miss San Fran!

My grandparents always used to have maple walnut ice cream at their house, so that’s what this cake reminds me of. Lately I love anything with coconut in it, so your husband’s recipe sounds really good!! I remember the first year my husband and I were dating, I made a cake with a box mix and he gave me a really funny look — turns out his mom makes everything from scratch and it didn’t occur to him that I would use a mix. I have since learned!